This commentary on four theoretical articles published in this issue of Emotion Review discusses the one big thing that links them all and raises some questions about the ontological status of the appraisal part of appraisal theories of emotion.
BarretL. F. (2014). The conceptual act theory: A précis. Emotion Review, 6, 292–297.
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LazarusR. (1991). Emotion and adaptation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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MesquitaB.BoigerM. (2014). Emotions in context: A sociodynamic model of emotions. Emotion Review, 6, 298–302.
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MoorsA. (2014). Flavors of appraisal theories of emotion. Emotion Review, 6, 303–307.
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ShwederR. A. (2004). Deconstructing the emotions for the sake of comparative research. In MansteadT.FischerA.FrijdaN. (Eds.), Feeling and emotion (pp. 81–97). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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TracyJ. (2014). An evolutionary approach to understanding distinct emotions. Emotion Review, 6, 308–312.
